Category: Job Ads

NAFSA: Senior Director, People & Culture (USA)

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Senior Director, People and Culture, NAFSA: Association of International Educators, Washington, DC, USA. Deadline: open until filled (posted 17 December 2023).

The Senior Director, People and Culture, will develop and execute NAFSA’s people and culture strategy, contributing to the development and achievement of medium- and long-term strategy, ensuring effective inclusion of key people and culture considerations. To ensure the association is fully leveraging its human talent and fostering an environment that promotes employees’ growth and development, this position works closely with NAFSA’s senior executives, who comprise the Management Team. The position plays a critical role in managing the employee lifecycle, developing organizational culture, and managing change.

The Senior Director is responsible for workforce development, management, and overall strategy for human resources, as well as leading the Office Administration function. Primary areas of responsibility include organizational culture, recruitment, training, compensation, benefits, compliance, employee relations, health and safety, change management, HRIS/HCM, and facilities management.

As an ex-officio member of the Management Team, the Senior Director works closely with the CFO and Deputy Executive Directors to ensure the human resources and financial health of the association. The position contributes to the vision and strategic direction of the organization. This position is responsible for providing day-to-day oversight of human resources functions and supports the CEO with strategic initiatives to advance the organizational culture, health, and operations of the association.

Anna Lindh Foundation: Forum Coordinator (Egypt)

“JobForum Coordinator, Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation, Alexandria, Egypt. Deadline: 15 January 2024.

The Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) is seeking a highly motivated individual with distinctive organisational skills to join the ALF Secretariat as the role of the ALForum Coordinator. The ALForum Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating all communications, and organising schedules and activities related to the ALForum, a signature and unique tradition of the Anna Lindh Foundation. The ALForum Coordinator will also participate in securing partnerships for the Forum to enhance its visibility, the funds available and optimize its reach and impact following the indications of the Executive Director.

Applicants must be nationals of one of the 42 (UfM) countries: Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritania, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Syria, The Netherlands, Tunisia and Türkiye.

Chinese American Museum: Program Associate/Manager (USA)

“JobProgram Associate/Manager, Chinese American Museum, Washington, DC, USA. Deadline: open until filled (posted 7 December 2023).

The museum is seeking a personable, detail-oriented, and technology savvy individual to serve as Program Associate/Manager, undertaking responsibilities that focus on the coordination, logistics, and content-building for programs and initiatives. Programs may consist of both live and online events and content including webinars, live and recorded interviews, collaborative meetings and presentations, and educational lectures and conferences. Additionally, this position will support communication, marketing, and development projects as needed.

The Program Associate/Manager reports to the Executive Vice President and works closely with the Board of Directors, staff, and Advisory Boards. This is a full-time position with a unique opportunity to play a creative, visible and significant role in the continuing development of the museum and programs.

Yale-China: Health Programs Officer (USA)

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Health Programs Officer, Yale-China Association, New Haven, CT, USA. Deadline: open until filled (posted 16 December 2023).

The Yale‐China Association seeks to hire a Health Programs Officer based at its headquarters in New Haven, Connecticut. Reporting to the Director of Health Programs, the Health Programs Officer works to support and implement current and new health programs in China and in New Haven.

Responsibilities

  • Manage aspects of the health programs, including supporting and implementing current and new programs in the health portfolio, and tracking program progress

  • Coordinate development and management of work plans for on-going health projects

  • Support recruitment and selection of health fellows and scholarship recipients, orientation and training, and program execution

  • Write and prepare program reports, briefs, presentations, and papers, including English to Chinese and Chinese to English translation and interpretation

  • Prepare financial materials and documentation for budgets, grants and reports, and submit payment vouchers for disbursement

  • Maintain and update content on the Yale-China Health Programs website, including writing up summaries of events, and paying attention to visual presentation

  • Plan meetings and other events with Yale-China partners in the US and in China, and make travel plans and logistical arrangements related to such events

  • Review Chinese health services and policy related to the health missions of the Association

  • Travel to China 2-4 times a year to meet with partners and implement programs

Basic Qualifications

  • 5+ years of work experience in a health-related field; a combination of education and experience may be considered
  • US permanent work authorization required (citizen or Green Card holder)
  • Chinese language skills, both oral and written and used in a professional setting, required

U Illinois Chicago: Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate: AI & Minority Representation (USA)

“JobBridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate: AI and Minority Representation, Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA. Deadline: 12 January 2024.

The Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago invites applications for a Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate specializing in AI and Minority representation. The position focuses on the ways artificial intelligence engages in and impacts minority representation, conceived broadly. Areas of interest include algorithmic bias and oppression; AI and data justice; black box design; minority histories and cultures of computing, and other counters to deficit approaches; generative AI and bias; platform design; Virtual, Augmented and Extended reality interfaces; robotics, wearable technologies and interfaces of the future; and DEI practices.

The candidate will have earned a doctorate in Communication or a related field, will demonstrate strong promise of scholarly achievement and teaching success, show good prospects for external research funding, and will demonstrate commitment to multidisciplinary scholarship.

The Bridge to Faculty Scholars program seeks to advance diversity on the permanent faculty level by encouraging the recruitment, retention, and promotion of outstanding scholars from different backgrounds, with an emphasis on attracting individuals from groups who have been historically underrepresented in our discipline. Bridge to Faculty is designed to recruit scholars with the goal of transitioning them to faculty members after two years. After the first year, and subject to satisfactory performance and University approval, this position may be re-appointed for a second year. Successful postdoctoral associates may have the opportunity to transition to tenure-track faculty starting in the 2026-2027 academic year. Scholars will participate in a mentoring experience within the department, with the opportunity to meet other Scholars through cohort-based events and workshops organized by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Engagement. The Bridge to the Faculty Scholars Program is funded by the Chancellor’s Office and administered through the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Engagement.

Conducive Space for Peace: Senior Programme Manager (Denmark but Home Based)

“JobSenior Programme Manager (Learning, Capacity Strengthening and Facilitation), Conducive Space for Peace, Home based with travel to Copenhagen, Denmark, and any other location as required by the tasks. Deadline: 7 January 2024.

Conducive Space for Peace (CSP) has revised its strategy for the period 2024-2026 and is looking to expand its team as part of implementing the new strategy. CSP is recruiting a new senior staff member to support our work in changing the international peacebuilding and development system to better enabling local leadership and equitable partnerships. Senior Programme Manager will play a key role in implementing CSP’s Learning framework, supporting the delivery of workshops, convenings and other learning events online and in-person with INGOs, private foundations, bilateral donors and local civil society actors.

The new staff member will refer to the Co-Director on Organisational Leadership and will work closely with the rest of the team. As CSP is a non-hierarchical organisation everyone collaborates with one another to deliver on the mandate of CSP and tasks with reference to competencies rather than position and title.

CSP is an INGO registered in Denmark specialising in facilitating transformation in the peacebuilding system to enable greater local leadership for more equitable, dignified, and sustainable peace. CSP works with an extensive global network of change agents and partners across the peacebuilding, development and humanitarian sectors, convening, accompanying, and developing analysis for systems change globally and in specific country contexts.

U Leeds: International Business (UK)

“JobLecturer in International Business, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. Deadline: 7 January 2024.

Leeds University Business School seeks to appoint one Lecturer in the field of international business and management. They are particularly interested in candidates specialising in the areas of International Management, International Entrepreneurship, MNE Subsidiaries, Global Value Chains, Digital Globalisation, and Global Governance and Leadership, applied to global challenges such as migration, climate change and health and the UN sustainability goals. As a member of the IB department at Leeds, you will carry out research, teaching, and management within Leeds University Business School (LUBS) and contribute to academic leadership in the field of international business and management to help maintain and further this legacy.

The Department is home to the Centre for International Business at the University of Leeds (CIBUL). Research development is divided into eight thematic areas: The Theory of the Multinational Enterprise; The Governance of Global Value Chains; Emerging Market Multinational Enterprises; International Business Policy, SDGs and Grand Challenges; International Business, Migration, and Society; Global Health and International Business; Cross-cultural Management, Diversity, and Inclusion: and Digitalization and International Business.

Lancaster U: Race, Religion & Society (UK)

“JobSenior Lecturer/Lecturer in Race, Religion & Society, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK. Deadline: 8 January 2024.

The Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Race, Religion and Society. This is a full time, indefinite post, to start 1st June 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. This is a dynamic, interdisciplinary department that is looking to build upon its substantial track record of high quality research, engagement and teaching.

They are looking for a new colleague who:

  • Will have an excellent profile in research and teaching appropriate to your career stage as well as expertise in Race, Religion and Society.

  • Can demonstrate interdisciplinary strengths between Religion, Politics and Philosophy.

  • Will have an exemplary level of research activity and research funding success for your career stage and a background in engagement and applied policy-oriented work.

  • Can contribute to teaching on the new UG programmes in Global Religions and the MSc Public Policy.

  • Can contribute to the new Ethics, Values and Policy Initiative.

UWE Bristol: Global Coordinator of Study Abroad (UK)

“JobGlobal Coordinator (Study Abroad), University of the West of England (UWE) Bristol, Frenchay campus, Bristol, UK. Deadline: 14 January 2024.

Join the Global Team and help students to understand and articulate the value of international experience during their studies at UWE. Research shows that students who gain an international experience benefit significantly in terms of graduate employment. The Global Team supports UWE Colleges in facilitating a range of international mobility opportunities. You will support the team to deliver these exciting opportunities.

About you: To succeed in this role, you will need to have strong intercultural communication skills as you will be liaising with students and staff in different countries. You will need to be able to interpret complex information and explain it to a variety of audiences. You will need to be able to present information in a variety of formats, to students and staff. You will co-own a busy shared email inbox and work within a small team of X3 Global coordinators and Team Leader. You will be proactive and organised, with the ability to handle conflicting deadlines. UWE provides training on its student record system. There are many other training courses on offer to assist with developing broader work-related skills in IT, project work as well as those related to personal wellbeing. Your needs will be discussed and regularly reviewed, and a relevant training package agreed annually.

King’s College London: International Relations (UK)

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Reader in International Relations, King’s College London (KCL), London, UK. Deadline: 10 January 2024.

The Department of War Studies seeks to appoint a Reader in International Relations in order to contribute to the Department’s teaching and research capacity. The Department is looking for a candidate with a strong research and teaching background in International Relations theory, broadly defined. The successful candidate will have a track record of high-quality publications, research funding and innovative teaching in the field of International Relations. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to both compulsory and optional teaching in the department at both BA and MA levels. In particular, the successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the leadership and teaching of the Department’s MA degree in International Relations and should have the background and research interests commensurate with leading a large post-graduate programme that explores International Relations from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives.